<p>I am an international student. I am facing a dilemma between NYU and Haverford. Since NYC and Philly are both my favorite cities, location is comparable. But I prefer going to a diverse and vigorous university/college with abundant opportunities-interns, activities, parties..Here are my questions:
1, Do most of the people in America and grad school and companies regard Haverford a top-notch college?? For academic recognition, Which is better, NYU or Haverford?
2, Someone says that Haverford is too small, so I am afraid that it is more like a high school than a college. If this is the case, I think I can't experience the real college life in America, Or can I ??
3, I have been admitted to Rice University also, which is also located in a large city. If I want to study economics or mathematics, which universities/colleges is better??
Thank you for answering my questions. You can choose one or all of them to answer.. Just Answer what you know..</p>
<p>Wow, these schools are really different. I’m not sure how you selected them.</p>
<p>Haverford is considered an excellent college, but it’s reputation is more regional. Is it important to you that it have prestige internationally? And Haverford is a quiet suburban campus outside of Philadelphia, very different from NYU’s location right in NY. Math at NYU? That doesn’t ring a bell, but I’m no expert. They certainly have parties and excitement at NYU.</p>
<p>Rice is a nice sized University with an excellent reputation for research. It sounds like a good possibility , but I don’t k ow whether it’s reputation is international. I’d choos Ricenoutof the three.</p>
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<p>Yes, grad schools know Haverford well - people may, however, recognize the name of NYU more than Haverford. Having said that, most people do not chose Haverford because it is popular - they are choosing for other, important qualities, including academics. Popularity does not = academic level. </p>
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<p><strong>Depends on recognition for what? Finance would be NYU, while Humanities and Biology, Haverford. If it depends on recognition by friends and people who don’t know colleges, then chose NYU</strong> </p>
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<p>It depends on what you want that college experience to be. If you want to meet new people all the time and go to lots of different parties in a big city, then NYU, if you want to be among a small community of thoughtful, intelligent people, then Haverford.</p>
<p>As Yorkshiremen said, you are making a major decision among very different colleges - it’s hard to think of three more different than NYU, Rice and Haverford. If you can afford to visit in the coming month and at least see Haverford and NYU, you will decide very easily which is right for you. Haverford is a small community near a city - when you walk out of a building you walk onto a path that goes through a field of grass and gardens. When you walk out of a building at NYU, you are immediately on the streets of one of the world’s busiest cities.</p>
<p>I can’t offer much but I’ve heard from a friend at NYU that undergraduate math there isn’t that great. Graduate math is a completely different, considered one of the bast graduate math programs in the country.</p>
<p>Thank you for your answers. I think I can survive under both of these environments. I am a very flexible person, so I think that’s one of the reason that I chose three different schools. NYC is definitely my favorite city, but Haverford is also located in a great city. I will want to work in America, so I don’t think international reputation is not that important. Since I also will go to grad school after graduation, I think I just need to find a place to have a good undergraduate study and intimate interaction with people and professors. Based on these, I might prefer Haverford to NYU and Rice. But I am still considering… Anyway, your answers helped a lot!!</p>